Moscow’s mirth

This began as a serious piece on the politics by sanctions, with the G8 getting reduced to G7 with the expulsion of Russia from its ranks. Then satirist Borowitz of the New Yorker wrote of how Putin announced the full attendance of the G1, with Putin declining the honor bestowed...
Posted On Mar 28 2014 14:19
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Bol’shoye spasibo pozhalujsta Rossiyskaya Federatsiya

  One of the big surprises I had last week on Saipan was the number of Russian tourists in the hotels I visited after three years’ absence on island. I used to snorkel on the reefs at PIC where a handful or Russians would be in the lobby. Last week, I kicked myself in the...
Posted On Mar 10 2014 15:53
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RT anchor, former Saipan reporter, quits on air over Putin ‘whitewash’

As the CNMI remains in wait-and-see mode on the Ukraine-Russia crisis’ impact, if any, on the U.S. visa waiver program for CNMI-bound Russian tourists comes another story miles away with connection to the islands. A Washington, D.C. bureau anchor with U.S. network “Russia Today,”...
Posted On Mar 07 2014 14:41
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CNMI braces for possible impact on US visa waiver for Russian tourists

While thousands of miles away from Ukraine’s volatile Crimea region where tension with Russia continues to escalate, the CNMI could see a fallout if the United States imposes economic and travel restrictions against Russia that may include a stop to a lucrative U.S. visa waiver...
Posted On Mar 05 2014 17:08
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